No matter how cynical the overall market is, First Bancorp PR (FBP) performance over the last week is recorded -1.41%

On Tuesday, First Bancorp PR (NYSE: FBP) was -1.32% drop from the session before settling in for the closing price of $20.51. A 52-week range for FBP has been $15.15 – $22.40.

During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Financial Sector giant was 10.84%. When this article was written, the company’s average yearly earnings per share was at 2.89%. With a float of $160.16 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $163.88 million.

Let’s determine the extent of company efficiency that accounts for 3168 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 34.84%, operating margin of 48.36%, and the pretax margin is 33.36%.

First Bancorp PR (FBP) Breakdown of a Key Holders of the stock

Also, it is sometimes useful to examine the sentiment of large-scale investors toward First Bancorp PR stocks. The insider ownership of First Bancorp PR is 2.26%, while institutional ownership is 93.51%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Nov 29 ’24, was worth 308,007. In this transaction Director of this company sold 15,000 shares at a rate of $20.53, taking the stock ownership to the 74,570 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Nov 25 ’24, when Company’s EVP and COO sold 80,000 for $21.89, making the entire transaction worth $1,751,480. This insider now owns 94,589 shares in total.

First Bancorp PR (FBP) Recent Fiscal highlights

Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.42 per share during the current fiscal year.

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 2.89% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 7.65% during the next five years compared to 13.24% growth over the previous five years of trading.

First Bancorp PR (NYSE: FBP) Trading Performance Indicators

You can see what First Bancorp PR (FBP) is doing with its current performance indicators. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 2.73. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 8.79.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 1.81, a number that is poised to hit 0.41 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 1.78 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of First Bancorp PR (FBP)

Looking closely at First Bancorp PR (NYSE: FBP), its last 5-days average volume was 0.84 million, which is a drop from its year-to-date volume of 1.04 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 10.02%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 0.52.

During the past 100 days, First Bancorp PR’s (FBP) raw stochastic average was set at 40.06%, which indicates a significant increase from 2.72% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 17.51% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 35.25% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $20.51, while its 200-day Moving Average is $19.10. However, in the short run, First Bancorp PR’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $20.54. Second resistance stands at $20.85. The third major resistance level sits at $21.02. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $20.06, it is likely to go to the next support level at $19.89. Now, if the price goes above the second support level, the third support stands at $19.58.

First Bancorp PR (NYSE: FBP) Key Stats

There are 163,870K outstanding shares of the company, which has a market capitalization of 3.32 billion. As of now, sales total 1,156 M while income totals 302,860 K. Its latest quarter income was 307,180 K while its last quarter net income were 73,730 K.